Stanley Congregational Church plans Holy Week activities

Stanley Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, has announced its Holy Week Worship schedule. On Palm Sunday, April 1, the service will begin with the Blessing of the Palms at 10 am in the Memory Garden followed by the Procession into the Sanctuary. The service closes with a dramatic reading of the Passion.

On Maundy Thursday, April 5, worship service (The Extinguishing of Lights) begins at 8 pm in the Sanctuary. The service will be observed with Communion, followed by the candlelight service of Tenebrae. On Easter Sunday, April 8, the worship service begins at 10 am in the Sanctuary. An Easter Egg Hunt will follow the Easter worship service.

The music for Holy week at Stanley will include anthems for Palm Sunday: Let This Mind Be in You by Lee Hoiby and Lift Up Your Heads (from Messiah) by G. F. Handel. Maunday Thursday will include anthems and solos and will conclude with Were You There? sung by Alice Regan Moynahan. Easter Day will be accompanied by Brass and Percussion, along with the organ. Anthems will include Fanfare for Easter by Jane Marshall and the Hallelujah Chorus of Handel.

Stanley Congregational Church is located at 94 Fairmount Avenue in Chatham. The public is invited to attend any Sunday Worship Service or church program. The worship service begins at 10 am each Sunday. Stanley Congregational Church is an "open and affirming" church. The congregation offers a warm welcome to persons of every race, marital circumstance, sexual orientation, and theological tradition. The Sanctuary is handicap accessible. Church School classes are available during the school year for children three years old through eighth grade. Childcare is available for infants and toddlers. Young people in ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth grade are encouraged to serve as ushers in worship, assistants in the classroom, and assistants in childcare. Children attend worship with their families and then leave for classes after the extending the peace of Christ in the service. A coffee hour follows the worship service. For more information go to www.stanleychurch.org or call the office at (973) 635 - 7723.